Brief Life History of California
When California Boatright was born about 1864, in Texas, United States, her father, Levi Boatwright, was 46 and her mother, Permilia Sophia Amelia White, was 31. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Lavaca, Texas, United States in 1880.
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- California Boatwright in household of Leot Boatwright, "United States Census, 1870"
- California Boatright in household of Levy Boatright, "United States Census, 1880"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (London): variant of Boatwright .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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